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Verse 10. _PROVING WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE_] By walking in the light-under
the influence of the Divine Spirit, according to the dictates of the
Gospel, ye shall be able to _try_, and bring to _full_ _proof...
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PROVING WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE UNTO THE LORD - That is,” Walk as
children of light Ephesians 5:8, thus showing what is acceptable to
the Lord.” Rosenmuller supposes that the participle is used here
instea...
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3. THE WALK IN HOLINESS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS
Chapter S 4:17-5:21
_ 1. Not as the Gentiles walk (Ephesians 4:17)_
2. The putting off and putting on (Ephesians 4:20)
3. Followers of God (Ephesians 5
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THE WAY OF LIGHT AND THE WAY OF DARKNESS. There are other sins which
among God's people, should be literally unmentionable fornication,
uncleanness, coveting, filthiness, foolish speech, improper jest...
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THE IMITATION OF GOD (Ephesians 5:1-8)...
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For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. You
must behave as children of the light, for the fruit of light consists
in all benevolence and righteousness and truth. You must decide...
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ACCEPTABLE. As in Romans 12:1.
UNTO. to.
LORD. App-98....
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_proving_ Testing, by the touchstone of His declared and beloved Will;
putting every action, and course of action unreservedly to that
_proof_, and unreservedly _approving_, in action, all that passes...
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10. These elements in character are to be guided in action by
reference to the will of the Lord; cf. 1 John 5:2. This constant
surrender of the will completes the thought of the offering of the
whole...
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17–5:14. THE GREAT CONTRAST
Ephesians 4:25 to Ephesians 5:14. THE CONTRAST IN DETAIL...
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ΔΟΚΙΜΆΖΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΔΟΚΙΜΆΖΩ
(G1381) одобрять после исследования,
организовывать и проводить испытание,
принимать во внимание результаты
испытания, проводить тщательное
расследование,...
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_PREVIEWING IN OUTLINE FORM_ (EPHESIANS 5:3-20)
3.
Walk as children of light. Ephesians 5:3-14.
a.
Things the children of light do not do. Ephesians 5:3-8 a.
(1)
Do no
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Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
PROVING - construed with "walk" (; Romans 12:1). As we prove a coin
by the eye and ear, and by using it; so, by accurate study and
experimental trial, we m...
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No Participation with Unbelievers
2 The sacrifice of Christ has many aspects. The opening Chapter s of
Leviticus deal with these in detail. The sin and trespass offering
seem to be entirely for m...
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THE OLD DARKNESS AND NEW LIGHT. RULES FOR THE MARRIED
1, 2. In close connexion with what precedes. 'It is the mark of
beloved children to become imitators of a loving Father; practise the
self-sacrif...
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CHRISTIAN BELIEF AND BEHAVIOUR
EPHESIANS
_LES PAINTER (BIBLE TEXT BY CYNTHIA GREEN)_
CHAPTER 5
5:1-14 ~ LOVE
5:1-7 ~ LIVE IN LOVE
V1 You must try to be as much like God as you can. You are his...
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CHAPTER 23
THE CHILDREN OF THE LIGHT
Ephesians 5:7
The contrast between the Christian and heathen way of life is now,
finally, to be set forth under St. Paul's familiar figure of the light
and the d...
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CHAPTER 22
DOCTRINE AND ETHICS
Ephesians 4:25; Ephesians 5:1
The homily that we have briefly reviewed in the last chapter demands
further consideration. It affords a striking and instructive exampl...
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δοκιμάζοντες τί ἐστιν εὐάρεστον τῷ
Κυρίῳ : _proving what is well-pleasing to the Lord_. The
exhortation given in Ephesians 5:8, interrupted by the enforcement
introduced in Ephesians 5:9, is now conti...
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A paragraph ruled by the general idea of the imitation of God in the
forgiving love which has been appealed to in the preceding verse. In
the light of that Divine example Paul charges his readers to f...
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WALK AS CHILDREN OF LIGHT
Ephesians 5:1
It is indeed a high calling to imitate God and to walk in love after
the measure of Christ; but it will be impossible unless we open our
innermost heart to the...
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All that the apostle had been saying was emphasized by the statement
of their relationship to God as he called them to be "imitators of
God." Again he urged them to put off the old and put on the new....
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Walking As Children of Light
The Ephesian brethren had been involved in the wicked ways of darkness
before they obeyed the truth. In Christ, they were light because sin
had been put away. So, Paul adm...
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With solicitude seek out what things are pleasing to God, and
carefully perform them. (Estius)...
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(1) В¶ Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; (2) And
walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for
us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savo...
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In this epistle we have the unfolding of the grace of God in all its
fulness, not merely the application of His righteousness to man's need
on His part, but God from out of Himself, and for Himself, a...
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I. INTRODUCTION
A. As we return to the book of Ephesians, we continue our study on
Christian behavior.
1. The Apostle Paul has just given the Ephesian Christians, (and us) a
"list" of ungodly behavi...
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Moreover, let us remark here, and it is an important feature in this
picture of the fruits of grace and of the new man, that when the grace
and love, which come down from God, act in man, they always...
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PROVING WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE UNTO THE LORD. There are many things that
are acceptable to God, as the person of Christ, his righteousness,
sacrifice, sufferings, death, and mediation; the persons of his...
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Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
Ver. 10. _Proving what is acceptable_] By the practice of what you
know. Let your knowledge and obedience run parallel, mutually
transfusing life and vigour...
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_For ye were sometimes_ That is, _once; darkness_ In a state of total
blindness and ignorance, without any light of instruction without, or
divine grace within, and therefore had some excuse for livin...
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PROVING; in an experimental way, by the actual subjection of
yourselves to the will of God. See note to Romans 12:2....
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The children of light avoid the works of darkness:...
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PROVING WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE UNTO THE LORD....
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WALK IN LOVE
(vs.1-7)
Verses 1 and 2 of chapter 5 are closely connected with verse 32 of
chapter 4. God's gracious character of love that delights to have us
as His dear children is our example. The...
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CHAPTER 5
We must not follow the ways of the old man. We must be ______________
of God. He is our Father. We are his _____________.
We must __________ in love because Christ loved us. He gave himsel...
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“PROVING WHAT IS WELL-PLEASING UNTO THE LORD”
“Proving”: “Always trying to find out what is pleasing to the
Lord” (TCNT).
While the life in sin is spent trying to find those things that please
self,...
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3-14 Filthy lusts must be rooted out. These sins must be dreaded and
detested. Here are not only cautions against gross acts of sin, but
against what some may make light of. But these things are so f...
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Searching what the will of the Lord is, and approving it by your
practice as the rule of your walking, ROMANS 12:2....
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Ephesians 5:10 out G1381 (G5723) what G5101 is G2076 (G5748)
acceptable G2101 Lord G2962
Proving -...
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‘Proving what is well pleasing to the Lord.'
‘Proving.' (dokimazo). ‘Putting to the test, examining.'
Everything we do and are must be brought to His light to be examined
and tested. This does not mea...
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Ephesians 5:10. PROVING; putting to a practical test. It seems best to
take Ephesians 5:9 as parenthetical, and to join this participle with
‘walk' (Ephesians 5:8).
WHAT IS WELL-PLEASING TO THE LORD,...
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III. GENERAL CHRISTIAN DUTIES.
This part of the Epistle is difficult to analyze. The ethical precepts
are not arranged in any discoverable logical order. For convenience a
division into two sections i...
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_2. Precepts based upon the Self-sacrificing Love of Christ._
The connection of thought with chap. Ephesians 4:32 is very close;
God's forgiving love is directly presented as a motive (‘therefore')
fo...
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PROVING
(δοκιμαζοντες). Testing and so proving....
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Ephesians 5:1. _Be ye therefore followers of God,_
Or, imitators of God,-
Ephesians 5:1. _As dear children;_
Children are naturally imitators. They are usually inclined to imitate
their father; thi...
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CONTENTS: Walk of the believer as God's child. The believer's warfare
as filled with the Spirit.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul.
CONCLUSION: As members of the family of God, it is our duty to put on...
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Ephesians 5:1. _Be ye followers of God as dear children,_ for children
are expected to walk in their father's steps. He sends us rain and
fruitful seasons, he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the...
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WHAT PLEASES THE LORD. "Your life is a living sacrifice in praise to
God! So you must learn what the Lord expects from you!...
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_Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord._
THE RULE OF THE SAINT’S LIFE
Darkness implies ignorance, for in deep darkness, where no object is
recognizable, movement becomes impossible; as, for instan...
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EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 5:10 The Bible gives general principles
for life. Christians must also seek the wisdom to DISCERN how to apply
those principles to their daily lives....
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EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 5:1 New Life in Love. Paul gives general
instructions for holy living. Purity of life comes from avoiding evil
deeds and relationships and adopting holy practices....
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Ephesians 5:3. LET IT NOT BE ONCE NAMED.—After the things themselves
are dead let their names never be heard.
Ephesians 5:4. NOR JESTING.—“Chastened insolence,” as
Ar...
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EXPOSITION
EPHESIANS 5:1
BE YE THEREFORE IMITATORS OF GOD, AS CHILDREN BELOVED. These words
are closely connected with the preceding. In Ephesians 4:32 he had
urged the example of God in one very mo...
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Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Ephesians, chapter 5.
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children (Ephesians 5:1);
Now, the therefore immediately points you back, back to the last verse
of...
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1 Peter 2:20; 1 Peter 2:5; 1 Samuel 17:39; 1 Thessalonians 5:21;...
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Proving. Connect with walk. Walk, proving by your walk. Proving, see
on 1 Peter 1:7.
Acceptable [ε υ α ρ ε σ τ ο ν]. Rev., better and more
literally, well - pleasing. The one point of all moral inves...
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FOLLOWERS OF GOD
Ephesians 5:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The opening verse of today's chapter has a clear and clarion call to
the children of God. It is something that we may not sidetrack or push
aside....